Event
FIDIC conditions of contract are increasingly being used in the international construction industry and in projects financed by international development banks. A condition for successful international expansion, the employer, the consulting engineer, and the contractor or other professionals involved in the management of works contracts need to be conversant with the main FIDIC Contracts.
Program overview
The FIDIC online module 1 course presents the practical use of FIDIC Conditions of Contracts on the 2017 Second Editions of Red and Yellow Books with highlights of the major development compared to the 1999 First Editions.
Reviewing the main highlights of the new 2017 Second Editions of the Red and Yellow Books – the first to be published since 1999. Your course trainers Robert Werth and Husni Madi (a Friendly Reviewer of the 2017 Red, Yellow, and Silver Books), will highlight the main features of the new Second Editions and how they compare and differ in key respects from the widely used 1999 First Editions.
Program objectives
- You will learn the main features of the new second editions of the Red and Yellow Book
- You will gain expert knowledge in the management of FIDIC contracts
- You will gain a deep understanding of the FIDIC contracts clauses and their practical application to real projects
Who should attend
This training course is specifically designed for:
- Employers (including international development banks and financiers)
- Consulting engineers
- Contractors
- Quantity surveyors
- Public contract administrators
- and related professionals involved in construction works and contract administration.
Teaching method
Live online sessions + homework on case-studies
Content
The training programme covers:
- Introduction to FIDIC
- FIDIC contract documents
- Responsibilities of the main parties
- Management of projects
- Tests on completion
- Financial procedures
- Suspension and termination
- Risk, liability and force majeure
- Claims, disputes and arbitration
Course work
The Module 1 programme is comprised of 9 sessions over a four months period. The course is based on lectures in combination with directly related casework through which participants will work on real-life cases and practise application of the various contract conditions.
Each session lasts up to two hours. The preparation of casework must be made between the sessions and the outcome will be discussed during the next classroom session.
Work assignments may be undertaken at any time; lectures and classroom participation require being available at predetermined hours on specified dates throughout the duration of the programme. All lectures and classroom sessions are recorded and can be reviewed at any time, not to miss any session. Participants will be divided into groups according to the most suitable time zone.
Workload
- A session of 2 hours every 2 weeks plus case study work at home between each session
- All lectures and classroom sessions are recorded and can be reviewed at any time, not to miss any session. No final exam is required.
Platform
The casework will take place on a chat platform (Podio) where the course participants present and discuss a case input in writing. Presentations, assessments and discussions of the submitted replies will take place in an online classroom (Adobe Connect).
Duration
- 9 sessions of 2 hours each
- One session scheduled about every 2 weeks
Sessions dates:
- Test session: Monday 1st of February 2021 at 13:00 CET
- Session 1 – Thursday 4 February 2021
- Session 2 – Thursday 18 February 2021
- Session 3 – Thursday 4 March 2021
- Session 4 – Thursday 18 March 2021
- Session 5 – Thursday 1 April 2021
- Session 6 – Thursday 15 April 2021
- Session 7 – Thursday 29 April 2021
- Session 8 – Thursday 20 May 2021
- Session 9 – Thursday 27 May 2021
The participants will be grouped by time zones. Sessions tentatively take place at 08:00 CET (Central Europe Time) and 17:00 CET, depending on the time zone of the participants.
Use the below site to check your local time using Geneva, Switzerland as the session time zone destination.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Starting date
4th February 2021
Application deadline
29th January 2021
Admission criteria
No prior knowledge is required. This online course only requires that participants have access to a computer with an internet connection either at their workplace or at home, whichever is more convenient regarding the timing of the sessions.
Official FIDIC certificate
- A Certificate of Successful Completion requires having responded in writing on Podio to all Case Works and attending at least half the live classroom sessions.
- A Certificate of Participation requires having participated at least in 50% of all activities.
Costs
Cost: Euro 2000
Signature features
- Trainers who are seasoned and currently active business practitioners and experts in their field
- An international and diverse environment with students from across the world
- Practical experience on the use of the FIDIC Yellow and Red book
Trainers
The course trainers are two remarkable FIDIC experts and FIDIC Accredited Trainers:
Robert Aloys Werth, DiplArb FCIArb Dipl.-Ing.
Arbitrator, Dispute Board Member
Adjudicator, FIDIC President´s List
Read full trainer biography here
Husni Madi PMP, PMI-SP
Member at FIDIC Contracts Committee
Member at FIDIC Task Group 15 & 15B
Read full trainer biography here
Video
Course questions:
Robert Werth - [email protected]
Husni Madi - [email protected]
Questions addressed to the trainers to be sent to either trainer with a copy to the other trainer at the same time, as either or both trainers may provide the reply.
Administrative questions:
Training Team, FIDIC
FIDIC, Box 311, CH-1215 Geneva 15
Tel: +41 (0)22 799 49 00
Fax: +41 (0)22 799 4901
Mail: Training at fidic.org
Web: www.fidic.org